refer freebsd for server matters too because it has a 'cleanlier feel'
to it.
this community was very helpful a couple of years ago in helping me to
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while this
page says:
Remove sqlite3-threads and add sqlite34
http://www.freshports.org/databases/Makefile
could someone please tell me which one is recommended?
i couldn't find anything through google about their differences.
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pported by the community - even before you use it:
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e examining our requirements for
security.
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something we really haven't paid much attention to, so we're going to
do it!
thx for your help bill!
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hat is pretty well a freebsd server default setup? i have disabled
password access. there are some php forms, but i use the proper way to
set variables. are there other things i should be thinking about?
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the list to fbsd issues is a valid
point.
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o, but if
there are wildly ot posts on the thread, i can understand why some
people would be concerned.
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they
1) express themselves maturely
2) justify their viewpoint rationally
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On Wed, 27 May 2009 19:34:04 +0200
"Chris Knipe" wrote:
> Snotty comments like this in a public forum, is exactly why I
> no longer use FreeBSD.
>
i really don't understand this.
it would make sense for you to ignore the forum, but why take it out on
the os?
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:34:39 +0100 (CET)
Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> indeed. FreeBSD actually postpones free space bitmap update. after
> deleting many gigs of files you'll see disk working after a while.
>
excellent!
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overwritten, while may be the linuxes fill stuff with zeros or
something like that??
is this instantaneity a result of the ufs file system vs say ext3 or
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 01:20:18 -0700
prad wrote:
> do people here have any thoughts on the two different licenses?
>
thank you everyone for your comments on this topic.
the links some of you provided were very interesting and helpful.
i had no idea there were so many licenses either!!!
i
hereas the gpl folks say do what you want
as long as you keep it free.
is this a fair summation?
do people here have any thoughts on the two different licenses?
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On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:41:49 +1100
Ian Fitzgerald wrote:
> Can anyone point me to a method of installing Free Pascal Compiler?
>
/usr/ports/lang/fpc
or
pkg_add -r fpc
we use gpc (gnu pascal compiler):
/usr/ports/lang/gpc
or
pkg_add -r gpc
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;t space things properly and occasionally use cryptic
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owledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=12
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aliases etc,
but as root.
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ou get the password prompt because
of
PasswordAuthentication yes
(and if you say no here you don't get in at all)
so how did they do it back then?
how did they get in using .ssh/authorized_keys??
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that page i found on the
web. i'll be examining things more closely and trying different things
with it later.
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my attention to it.
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27;t that suggest
that fbsd7 doesn't pickup the serial connection to the tablet?
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from the earlier versions? or is it something else?
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catch up with that stuff."
so it is possible that fbsd7.1 may not be able to handle the tablet.
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is nothing there at ttyd0 - in other
words, the tablet's existence has not been picked up by the kernel.
we are presently looking at netbsd where the tablet is supposed to
work. may be we can find out something about how the kernel is done
differently there.
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y watch classical pianists and
violinist that are available on youtube. he uses flash, but what i do
is use downloadhelper with firefox and then convert the file with
ffmpeg to .avi and then watch.
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On Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 +
Saifi Khan wrote:
> To be popular
> FreeBSD needs growth.
>
possibly, but being popular is not necessarily a good idea.
> Growth comes from new users !
>
neither is growth.
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e's a link to that thread:
http://www.nabble.com/printer-hp-officejet-pro-k8600-to22070484.html
i haven't had a chance to look into this yet so i don't know if it is a
solution or not.
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our suggestions.
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x27;lpt*' mode 0660 group cups
>
> There is a whole permissions thing that has to be correct or cups
> won't play.
>
i don't have a /etc/devfs.rules only a /etc/devfs.conf
our lexmark T616 works just fine though through cups.
i can put /etc/devfs.ru
essing or pending but nothing prints.
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i had foomatic-filters installed, but it was looking for foomatic-rip.
not sure how i make sure all foomatic files are there.
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:36:12 -0800
prad wrote:
> then i untar it and try ./configure and i get
> configure: error: "cannot find libjpeg support"
>
> however using make search key=libjpeg (or libjpg) i couldn't find it.
> even though this post seems to suggest tha
inter - then i deleted and reinstalled it.
part of the problem seems to be that the printer doesn't show up in the
hp drivers list even after doing the above or installing hpijs.
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http:
onfigure: error: "cannot find libjpeg support"
however using make search key=libjpeg (or libjpg) i couldn't find it.
even though this post seems to suggest that it exists somewhere:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-January/109339.html
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is into my xorg.conf:
FontPath"/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/MATH/"
so now i have mathfonts!
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greek letters for other programs like inkscape.
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are what i require anyway.
there doesn't seem to be a greek letters in ports.
any suggestions?
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other than listen to the drive whirring away - and we've
had many power outages!
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keywords
and get penalized - not sure if something like that could be applied
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umor is not strained'
> You asked a joke question, and I gave you a joke answer. It's all fun
> and games until someone shouts "HITLER!".
>
you have just done so and therefore it is no longer fun and games.
time to stop.
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thing humorous, but it is
probably best not to make mockery of this sort of thing publically.
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On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:23:50 +0100
Ivan Voras wrote:
> It's probably used for the "Linux emulation" in FreeBSD, you can't use
> it with FreeBSD native packages.
>
so what does this mean?
if you have linux emulation, you can install .debs from the debian
reposit
try to stay clear
of her computer :D
i did like kde3, but now i'm a dwm person!
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On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:48:21 -0800
Gary Kline wrote:
> how do i unzip these into the original?
>
hello gary,
use unzip filename.
if you don't have (un)zip installed you can get them with
pkg_add -r zip unzip
(assuming you can become root)
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:34:10 -0800
Gary Kline wrote:
> or is there a better way?
>
nothing specific to add for your particular issue, but this link may
be useful in the future for sed:
http://sed.sourceforge.net/grabbag/tutorials/
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will note that beastie is using something like a shovel in the pic,
so you can use this fact to strengthen your case.
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ya that's what's important here at least.
not that i'm concerned, i'm not going back to linux (even though i
liked it while i used it).
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sue? if so, does this mean that the linux
kernel has coding in it which deals with the scaling better?
3. are we comparing simple default kernels? can the fbsd kernel be
recompiled appropriately to match or exceed the linux one?
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uld any of them expect to reasonably
> work with a narrow minded, opinionated, buffoon like you?
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is a business model!!
if i ever go into business again, i'll have to remember your wise
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nally i think self-moderation is best, followed by moderation
(which i haven't found to be a bad thing).
here the former seems to be dominant because of the quality of people
on the list, so it is quite sufficient.
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ystem doesn't mean
accommodating ridiculous demands. there needs to be a certain level of
sincerity on part of the customers.
only the right customers are always right.
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ine without moderation so far.
>
that's pretty cool and certainly says something about the quality of
people on this list. the abrasive stuff is minimal as compared to other
lists i've been on too.
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..
;
agreed. that would be unreasonable censorship.
you're reply to another post:
> If you wish you can call me "fuhrer" ;) but iwth Gestapo you certainly
> got too far.
>
:D
good response to that unfortunate eruption of enthusiasm.
moderation would definitely not be a
e problem in general),
and a very considerate person from freebsd.org, Remko Lodder, emailed
me asking if i knew that i was emailing the test list. i found it
really decent that people look out for others here!
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some
other os1 app. i don't see anything wrong with that despite my personal
feelings about flash.
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ing with the
spirit of freebsd.
beastie is after all a daemon would be pleased :)
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, in case of OSS there are no
marketing tactics to be followed unlike closed source companies who may
not reveal (or may not even know) the exact number of security flaws in
their products."
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so perhaps the objective of being 'more accessible and usable' really
means something a bit different here.
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uro cents... lol
>
ok ok i admit that was a very desperate attempt at a joke.
but you must understand that today your 2 euro cents is 3.3 of our
canadian cents, so our humor can't go as far.
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nd gnash
> projects about that," in most cases.
>
ok so here's a solution. whenever someone tells people to go away (i
don't think it has been done quite that way, but i see little point in
going into that here), surely others can point to
work around kde
and gnome too (even though i think they're pretty decent), and use dwm.
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hey really want to. i think it is ok to ask, but i don't think it is
ok to expect. for me, freebsd is a gift and i don't have any
expectations from those who put the effort and skill into creating any
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n this freebsd matter though and i haven't found your arguments
convince me otherwise. nor have i found some of your comments about him
either accurate or appropriate. perhaps, some others feel the other
way around because of your posts.
i think you and i have exchanged enough information on
produced". this is
something the openbsd group also advocated strongly for and it can only
be good for all opensource (assuming it be done properly). however, i
think the concern your opposition has is that the wishes of the desktop
contigent not control the reins of development of an os we all f
or freebsd and he has his. they are different,
but they don't need to lead to name calling and war.
if you don't agree with what he says, then just post your disagreement
with backup. he can do the same. may be you'll convince each other -
may be you won't.
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n to others ... the only problem is that some of those others may have
done exactly some of those things that are on that site. :D :D
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; adventage over FreeBSD in any point.
>
well i thought the 3.9 fish was kinda cute, but beastie is still much
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27;customer is always right' (which is really another
way of saying that the customer is always ripe for the picking).
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e - which is precisely what he and
many others have done by going to freebsd.
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how reliable
their systems are."
so whatever else, i think this statement is certainly something we can
all agree on.
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don't see why one system needs to try to be all things to all people.
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i don't think it can compete with linux in terms of some of the bells
and whistles that the desktop offers, but imho, a lot of those bells
ring out of tune and the whistles result in sore lips.
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#!/usr/local/bin/zsh
#
while read var; do
f=${var% *}
l=${var#* }
echo $l, $f
done < $1
then you just run it as
t.sh data.txt
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st. people here are both helpful and honest, the 2 do not have to be
mutually exclusive.
i see no reason why freebsd needs to imitate something it doesn't want
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r), then it may be difficult to get in
as root, possibly.
besides, we can still become root with su -lm
l for "Simulate a full login ..."
and
m for "Leave the environment unmodified. The invoked shell is your
login shell, and no directory changes are made
r
on the computer now to play them.
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gentoo from stage 2 or 3 many years ago.
will this give me the gentoo emerge environment?
will this be a separate /compat/linux directory from what i got when i
simply put on linux-opera?
is there a wiki on linux emulation anywhere?
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there were certain alterations to the
Makefile i had to do and twiddle with a couple of other things, but it
works now compiled on freebsd.
however, can i compile a linux program within the linux emulator
instead of using the gcc in freebsd?
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:
ChessDB-3.6.18.tar.gz UNIX/Linux tarball.
(http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/downloads/)
but it doesn't seem to compile properly on freebsd.
i was wondering if i could compile it in linux, but there doesn't seem
to be any compiler present in /compat/linux ...
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:57:17 +
Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (Lear to his daughters Goneril and Regan,
> "King Lear," Act 2, Scene 4, lines 263-285)
>
glyn,
it is evident from lines 283-285 that lear used windoze.
r mode, though i found it a bit too elaborate). emacs
might take a bit more work to figure out in the beginning but it is a
really good all-purpose editor because it is as extensible as it is.
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t;+%m-%d-%Y"`
#the whole date from argument $1
mmdd=$1
#get the year
=${mmdd##*-}
#get the month and day
mmdd=${mmdd%-*}
#get the day
dd=${mmdd#*-}
#get the month
mm=${mmdd%-*}
#remove 0 if only at beginning of month, day and add on the year
echo ${
something that has puzzled me for years (but i've never got around to
asking) is how does *nix get away without regular defrag as with
windoze.
fsck is equivalent to scandisk, right?
so when you delete files and start getting 'holes', how does *nix deal
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in ports there is fedora and gentoo.
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maybe with a different wm.
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ld we use 7 or think about going with 6.3?
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